Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam will work to reform its peppercorn sector towardshigh quality production and food safety, instead of expanding cultivationareas, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Xuan Cuonghas said.
Theminister made the statement during the Vietnam Pepper Outlook 2018 conference,which was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 4 by the MARD, the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade, and the Vietnam Pepper Association.
Heexplained that Vietnam aims to make clean agro products with a view to furtherengaging the country’s farm produce in the global distribution chain.
Cuongnoted that while the global pepper area has increased three times in the pastseven years, total production value has dropped by four times, with driedpeppercorn prices falling from 250,000 VND (10.8 USD) to 58,000 VND (2.5 USD) perkg, causing great risks to farmers, as well as to stakeholders anddistributors.
At theevent, participants shared the current challenges facing Vietnam’s peppersector – including the strict regulations of export markets, the usage ofpesticides, and expanding business connections – and put forward suggestionsfor the sector’s sustainable development.
GerhardWeber, representative of the European Spice Association (ESA), said Vietnamesefarmers lack information on the requirements of pepper consumption markets. However,the country’s pepper quality has been improved recently and the export volume toEurope rose by 6 percent this year.
The ESAis willing to help Vietnam further improve its pepper quality and expand exportsto European and American markets, he said.
Vietnamesepepper has been shipped to more than 100 countries and territories, making up60 percent of the world’s exports. To meet the demand of consumption markets,20 major pepper firms have invested in high technology processing plants, withprocessing capacity totalling about 70,000 tonnes a year.
Thenation’s pepper cultivating fields spanned 152,000ha in 2017, accounting forone third of the total global area under pepper, yielding 240,000 tonnes ofpeppercorn or 48 percent of total world output. The country shipped more than215,000 tonnes of pepper abroad last year, raking in about 1.2 billion USD.
Asia is Vietnam’s largest pepperconsumption market, making up 51 percent of Vietnam’s total export. –VNA
Theminister made the statement during the Vietnam Pepper Outlook 2018 conference,which was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 4 by the MARD, the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade, and the Vietnam Pepper Association.
Heexplained that Vietnam aims to make clean agro products with a view to furtherengaging the country’s farm produce in the global distribution chain.
Cuongnoted that while the global pepper area has increased three times in the pastseven years, total production value has dropped by four times, with driedpeppercorn prices falling from 250,000 VND (10.8 USD) to 58,000 VND (2.5 USD) perkg, causing great risks to farmers, as well as to stakeholders anddistributors.
At theevent, participants shared the current challenges facing Vietnam’s peppersector – including the strict regulations of export markets, the usage ofpesticides, and expanding business connections – and put forward suggestionsfor the sector’s sustainable development.
GerhardWeber, representative of the European Spice Association (ESA), said Vietnamesefarmers lack information on the requirements of pepper consumption markets. However,the country’s pepper quality has been improved recently and the export volume toEurope rose by 6 percent this year.
The ESAis willing to help Vietnam further improve its pepper quality and expand exportsto European and American markets, he said.
Vietnamesepepper has been shipped to more than 100 countries and territories, making up60 percent of the world’s exports. To meet the demand of consumption markets,20 major pepper firms have invested in high technology processing plants, withprocessing capacity totalling about 70,000 tonnes a year.
Thenation’s pepper cultivating fields spanned 152,000ha in 2017, accounting forone third of the total global area under pepper, yielding 240,000 tonnes ofpeppercorn or 48 percent of total world output. The country shipped more than215,000 tonnes of pepper abroad last year, raking in about 1.2 billion USD.
Asia is Vietnam’s largest pepperconsumption market, making up 51 percent of Vietnam’s total export. –VNA
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